Digital Die Cutting with Sandy McCauley
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This web site provides support, comparisons, videos, drivers, test settings, and other information related to the StarCraft SOLO, Skycut and Klic-N-Kut digital die cutters, as well as various cutter software programs.If you are just now learning about cutters, check out the Skycut demo videos. These are amazing cutters!
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Designing a Clock Face
Colleen S. posted this request on the Klic-N-Kut Yahoo group and I jumped on it because, as always, I love new and different design challenges! She's planning to install a clock directly onto a wall in her home and use vinyl for the numbers on the clock face. Her...
Valentines in July!
First of all, it's ALWAYS important to give credit where credit is due. The ideas and methods shown in the video I created today came from a video class taught by Klo Oxford. While she didn't invent this concept, she did take the time to figure out how to design them...
Judy’s Cuttlebug Borders
If you are a collector of the Cuttlebug border embossing folders, then you are going to LOVE Judy's latest project and free gift to all of you. She has created cutting files to be used in conjunction with Cuttlebug embossing folders to produce greeting cards with cut...
Getting Organized and Making Mac Owners Happy
This weekend was spent on two of the items that have been on my To Do list for a long time. First of all, I discovered that the WMV files produced by Camtasia Studio 7 are viewable on Mac's! Since starting this blog over two years ago, I've heard from quite a few of...
Kitty’s Cuttings
I am SO very proud to announce that Kitty Finn is now selling cutting files at Visual Designs by Chris. In February, I taught a KNK retreat in Scottsdale and Kitty was one of my attendees. After the retreat, Kitty told me she felt so overwhelmed the first night that...
Janie’s Appliqués
One of my favorite things is when a customer takes the Klic-N-Kut outside the box... and I don't mean just unpacking it! lol I'm referring to the proverbial box where a KNK is used to create something amazing and outside the boundaries anyone else has tried. And...
KNK-ACS Retreat in San Diego!
October 8 - 10 is the weekend where you will learn how to design anything you want to cut AND improve your cutting skills! So, head out to San Diego's Mission Valley and attend demos, classes, and workshops that I will be presenting along with a few other attendees...
Customizing Hot Keys
KNK/ACS/KNKGE/DM offers the ability to set up your own hot keys (menu and tool shortcuts) to make your use of the software faster and easier. I've been aware of this capability since writing the first KNK user manual over 3 years ago, however, it's only been in recent...
Align to Last Object
What is "Align to Last Object?" Well, for the first 3 years of using this software, I didn't really think about it. However, after I started helping my rhinestone customers learn the various methods of creating and editing patterns, I discovered that the shortcut keys...
Judy’s Key Rings
For the Scottsdale Klic-N-Kut Retreat in February, Judy Keating surprised us all with paper cupcakes containing a small flashlight and a cute clay cactus on a key ring. She also had taken the time to create an excellent tutorial on cutting clay on the Klic-N-Kut....